Current Status and Analysis of Japanese Women’s Participation in Agricultural and Rural development
LIU De-juan
Abstract：In Japan,more than half of the agricultural employment are female.Women play an important role in agri-cultural operations and the secondary and tertiary industries in rural areas besides their traditional role in running housework,childcare and supporting for the elderly.Especially,in recent years,more and more women devote their attention to the female entrepreneurship activities relating to diet culture such as agro-product processing,market-ing,farmer restaurant and so on.They have been mading positive contributions to diversified farming and rural acti-vation in Japan.China is facing the same problem as that in Japan.Agritural labour force presents the characteristics of population aging and feminization.Therfore,China should draw experiences from Japan:consciously creating an environment where women can perform and release their abilities,expanding the activities of women in rural areas, and promoting the development of local agriculture and the rural economy.
Keywords：Japanese agriculturefemale farmersfarm operatordiversification
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 41-47 )